"On April 25, 1996, Donald Healey, along with six others, was formally inducted into the International Motorsport Hall of Fame, in Talladega, Alabama. There was a black tie dinner for 1500 guests to honor the inductees. My parents, Bill and Lynn Wood, were asked to bring their 100S, AHS 3504 as an example of Healey's beautiful design.

My parents' car was recently restored to mint condition. The restoration was done to bring the car as close as possible to its original 1955 racing form, and this was made possible only by years of meticulous research by my father. AHS 3504 was originally owned by Jackie Cooper, and (although it may be difficult to tell from the scanned photos,) is spruce green in color.

This was the event of a lifetime for my father, whose love of Healeys has endured ever since he saw his first 100 at college in Philadelphia in the 1950's. It was a joy for him to help pay tribute to Donald Healey and his glorious machines."

2007-03-29 18:30:09 | Anonymous writes:

A later entry from the original austinhealey.com web site. Owner Tommaso Gelmini, Italy:

"I finally got it! For the last two years I was looking for an original 100S and thanks to the Internet I got my desire."

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